Subject: The first major "anti-Obama" campaign
From: "Patrick Gaspard, Democrats.org" <[email-masked]>
To: "Robert Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 20:29:56 -0400

The Democratic Party
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Robert --

Huge news -- Karl Rove's super PAC, American Crossroads, is 
launching its first major "anti-Obama" ad campaign this year.

With plans to spend as much as $300 million, yesterday they 
announced a plan to destroy President Obama's standing with 
voters in key battleground states in an ad blitz slated from now 
until July.

Why so early? They said they hope to "dislodge voters from him" 
before the general election even starts.

We can't stop their ads -- but we can fight back with every 
resource we have.

Pitch in $3 or more today to push back against American 
Crossroads' early ad blitz:

https://my.democrats.org/Fight-the-Ad-Blitz5

Here's something that gets me especially fired up: Their attack 
line in these ads is apparently going to be that the President isn't 
"up for the job." This is coming from Karl Rove and other former 
Bush advisors -- the exact same people who championed the 
reckless economic policies that brought us to the brink of another 
Great Depression -- and left us holding the bag. It's pretty 
outrageous.

This news of their massive -- and entirely negative -- ad campaign 
shows they're not interested in letting their nominee compete 
against President Obama in earnest. They don't want to run on the 
issues, or let voters choose between two visions for our country -- 
they just want to destroy Barack Obama.

The worst part is it could work. Look at how Romney and his 
super PAC have beaten Santorum and Gingrich: they come in 
state-by-state, drop millions in negative ads, and jump his poll
numbers by sometimes more than double-digits to win.

It doesn't matter if it's true. If you can afford to put lies on TV 30 
times a day, folks could start to reconsider the truth.

We're not going to let that happen. For every negative ad they throw 
up on the air, we'll launch rapid response communications, and, 
yes, even our own ads to set the record straight.

I need to know you're ready for this fight -- even if it's earlier than 
we expected.

Donate $3 or more right now to fight back against American 
Crossroads' lies:

https://my.democrats.org/Fight-the-Ad-Blitz5

Thanks,

Patrick

Patrick Gaspard
Executive Director
Democratic National Committee

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